In addition to basic information such as the Guideline Electricity Balancing (GL EB), the balancing group contract to be consulted, the timetable and the link to the form for participation in the consultation, further information on the consultation will be published on this website as required. For example, in addition to the consultation document, you will find other informative documents that are not part of the consultation process:
- The explanatory document, which shows the main changes compared to the currently valid standard balancing group contract and only serves as an explanatory aid
- The process description "Timetable processing in Germany" in version 4.5, which is also for information purposes only in order to provide a comprehensive overview.
29.08.2023 - News: Application submitted
In accordance with Article 18 (1) b) Article 6 (3) sentence 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of 23 November 2017 establishing a guideline on system balancing in the electricity system (hereinafter referred to as "GL EB"), the German TSOs have further developed the modalities for the balancing group managers in the form of a revised balancing group contract and have publicly consulted with the balancing group managers and associations.
You will now find the balancing group contract including the explanatory document, which was submitted to the BNetzA for approval together with the application on 29.08.2023.
10.06.2023 - News: Consultation ended
The consultation of the standard balancing group contract was carried out from 08.05.2023 to 09.06.2023 and has now ended. Participation in the consultation is therefore no longer possible.
The TSOs would like to thank all participants for submitting their comments!
Background
On December 18, 2017, the "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of November 23, 2017 establishing a guideline on system balancing in the electricity system" (hereinafter referred to as Guideline Electricity Balancing, or GL EB) entered into force.
Against this background, the German transmission system operators (TSOs) are obliged to consult all affected market players on a balancing group contract in accordance with Article 10 GL EB, which must ultimately be approved by the competent regulatory authority in accordance with Article 5 GL EB.
In this respect, the German transmission system operators will consult a balancing group contract in accordance with GL EB from 08.05.2023.
Consultation procedure
At the start of the consultation process, the TSOs published the draft standard balancing group contract to be consulted on this website, which takes up the findings of the discussions held to date. Please note that only this draft of the standard balancing group contract is the subject of the consultation. The explanatory document and any other documents are only intended as an aid to explanation. The published process description "Timetable processing in Germany" in version 4.5 is also for information purposes only in order to provide stakeholders with a comprehensive overview.
Please note that the TSOs reserve the right to publish the comments received on the internet; in any case, these will also be submitted to the BNetzA. If your comments contain trade and business secrets, please mark these in the appropriate place on the form.
After evaluation and assessment of all consultation contributions submitted in due time, the TSOs will submit the standard balancing group contract to the BNetzA for approval.
Submission of comments
We only allow comments to be submitted via an online form. In this way, we can ensure that your comments are recorded and taken into account quickly and completely.